As a student, Baburao showed his keen interest towards SFI and was active since his childhood. He was appointed as the Kurnool district SFI president and secretary during his medical college days. He worked for two years in Dr.Ramchandra Reddy Government Medical College in Nellore and is now looking after Rajamundry Government Medical College. He was one of the members of Vignana Vedika which got established in January 1987. In December, 1975 he forayed into politics and joined the party folds of CPM. He worked as Rajamundry Muncipal Councilor from 1987 to 1992. Later in 2004 elections he contested from Bhadrachalam on CPM party ticket and won. But in the next elections, 2009 and 2014 he didn't taste success. He was the elected chairman of Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM) conference which took place in Visakhapatnam. He is the member of the AP state CPM's secretariat.

Relations:Komaram Phanishwaram, Telangana state secretary from TDP party is the close relative (Sister-in-law) of Baburao. Ex-MLA, Matta Ramachandraiah is the uncle of Dr.Baburao and the MLA of Bhadrachalam, Sunnam Rajaiah is the relative of Baburao. There are many close relatives to Baburao in the political arena.